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SPRING IN SPAIN - 2006

AROUND NAVARRA (and a bit of Aragon)

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The west door of the church of Santa Maria la Real on the bank of Rio Aragón in Sangüesa.  Easily accessible and an outstanding and well preserved example example of its genre, it is typical of Spain that it is easy to just rock up and park outside!!  

 

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Broom lined road near Sangüesa (accompanied by a beautiful honey smell)

The little medieval bridge at Monreal at the west end of the Camino de Compostella

Further south this much larger bridge over the Rio Gállego at Anzánigo, was just wide enough to accommodate Dom P's long suffering Peugeot.  In a field beside the bridge was a large mob of sheep with bells attached, and from above the soft sound of dozens of bells mixed with flowing water was quite magical.

Further south still, the Rio Gállego tumbles past the towering rock columns of Los Mallos de Riglos

Navarra is a land of dramatic castles - none more so than this one at Loarre which dominates the plains as far as the eye can see.

The castle of Olite was the favourite of some of the latter Kings of Navarra.  It includes a huge beehive shaped structure which was packed with snow from the mountains in winter then used for refrigerated storage in the summer.

The Pyrenees in early June, seen from  the pass of Monrepos below Jaca - the same view that pilgrims walking back to Central France in the Middle Ages would have enjoyed.

Bellatrovata is the "on the road" travel site for Adrian Fletcher and his main website Paradoxplace.  The photographs and commentary first published here are later extended and added to Paradoxplace, a place full of  the art, books, history and stories of the movers and shakers of Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Renaissance Italy and the East - plus Italian Food and European Photo Galleries. 

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2007 Home Page Ciao Adriano Paradoxplace Domparadox 2006 Home Page 2006 Page List Abbeys Visited Italy June 2006 Spello Infiorata East of Panzano France Vignory Alpine Crossing Senanque Abbey Valmagne Abbey Fontfroide Abbey Spain & Portugal Al-Andalus Chronology Poblet Monastery Santes Creus Monastery Rueda Monastery Navarra Sanguesa La Oliva Lyre Abbey Canas Abbey La Rioja S-D de Silos Burgos Villasirga Camino to Burgos Rio Elsa Treasures Leon Camino to Leon S de Compostela Alcobaca Batalha North to Evora Salema Sao Vicente Rabida & Colombus NW Andalucia SW Andalucia Central Spain 2005 Home Page 8 Tuscan Days 2004 Home Page

 

Bellatrovata and Paradoxplace are the creations of Adrian Fletcher

about bellatrovata.com

 

All original material © Adrian Fletcher 2000-07 - The contents may not be reproduced without permission.

Feedback and comments to Adrian Fletcher